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Dobsonian
James,
we've got an 8" dobsonian and two kids (aged 7 and 13).
Here's a few non-tech comments...
We got ours straight out of the box and are using the eyepieces that came with it, never collimated it (but that it the next thing to learn, after 6 months of owning).
Anyway, we see the rings and moons of Saturn, the moons and bands of Jupiter, heaps of nebulas and the moon is amazing - I'm sure we'd see people walking around if there were any up there!
The dob is incredibly easy to use and in a night you can see a lot of different objects - helping to satisfy kids short attention spans.
It's a great choice for a first scope
Go fot it
cheers,
Niko
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